South Korea
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationKorea Ice Hockey Association
Head coachKim Woo-jae
AssistantsKim Dong-hwan
CaptainLee Don-ku
Most gamesKim Ki-sung (145)
Top scorerKim Ki-sung (72)
Most pointsKim Ki-sung (142)
Team colors     
IIHF codeKOR
Ranking
Current IIHF21 Steady (28 May 2023)[1]
Highest IIHF16 (2018)
Lowest IIHF33 (2010)
First international
Spain  7–1  South Korea
(Barcelona, Spain; 16 March 1979)
Biggest win
South Korea  44–0  Hong Kong
(Perth, Australia; 14 March 1987)
Biggest defeat
Latvia  27–0  South Korea
(Bled, Slovenia; 18 March 1993)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances37 (first in 1979)
Best result16th (2018)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances8 (first in 1986)
Best result Silver (2017)
Bronze (1986, 1990, 2007, 2011)
Olympics
Appearances1 (first in 2018)
International record (W–L–T)
106–207–14
South Korea men's national ice hockey team
Hangul
대한민국 아이스하키 국가대표팀
Hanja
大韓民國 아이스하키 國家代表팀
Revised RomanizationDaehan Minguk Aiseuhaki Gukga Daepyo Tim
McCune–ReischauerTaehan Min'guk Aisŭhak'i Kukka Taep'yo T'im

The South Korean national ice hockey team (Korean: 대한민국 아이스하키 국가대표팀) is the national men's ice hockey team of the Republic of Korea (South Korea). They are currently ranked 19th in the IIHF World Rankings and competed in the World Championship top division tournament. The team's most successful campaign thus far was a second-place finish in the 2017 Division I Group A tournament and thus qualifying for the top division in 2018. They competed in their first Winter Olympics in 2018 in Pyeongchang as the host nation.

History

South Korea at the 2017 World Championship Division IA tournament in Ukraine. They finished second and earned promotion to the 2018 IIHF World Championship Top Division tournament for the first time.

South Korea first participated in the World Championship in 1979, playing in Pool C, the third level of the tournament. They did not return until 1982, again in Pool C, and became a regular participant in 1986. They remained at the Division I level, the second tier of the World Championship, from 2010 until 2017, when they earned a promotion to the 2018 World Championship.

Upon being named the host country for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, the South Korean team began efforts to steadily improve themselves in order to be competitive with the other teams expected at the tournament, led by the efforts of Korea Ice Hockey Association president Chung Mong-won.[2]

Several North American players playing for teams in South Korea were offered South Korean citizenship, thus allowing them to play at the Olympics.[3] This was done to help the team perform better in the lead-up to the Olympics, which proved successful: when awarded the Olympics in 2011, the South Korean team was ranked 31st in the IIHF World Ranking, while on the eve of the Olympics had moved up to 18th.[4]

Tournament record

Olympic Games

World Championship

Year Finish Rank
Spain 1979 Barcelona 7th in the Group C 25th
Spain 1981 Beijing Did not participate
China 1982 Jaca 8th in the Group C 24th
Hungary 1983 Budapest Did not participate
France 1985 Megève, Chamonix and Saint-Gervais Did not participate
Spain 1986 Jaca 9th in the Group C, Relegated 25th
Australia 1987 Perth 2nd in the Group D, Promoted 26th
Australia 1989 Sydney 7th in the Group C 23rd
Hungary 1990 Budapest 9th in the Group C 25th
Denmark 1991 Brøndby 8th in the Group C 24th
United Kingdom 1992 Hull 6th in the Group C1 26th
Slovenia 1993 Bled 9th in the Group C 25th
Spain 1994 Barcelona 10th in the Group C 30th
South Africa 1995 Johannesburg and Krugersdorp 13th in the Group C 33rd
Lithuania 1996 Kaunas and Elektrenai 5th in the Group D 33rd
Andorra 1997 Canillo 2nd in the Group D, Promoted 30th
Hungary 1998 Budapest, Székesfehérvár and Dunaújváros 7th in the Group C 31st
Netherlands 1999 Eindhoven and Tilburg 6th in the Group C 30th
China 2000 Beijing 5th in the Group C 29th
Spain 2001 Majadahonda 1st in Division II, Group A, Promoted 30th
Hungary 2002 Székesfehérvár and Dunaújváros 6th in the Division II, Group A, Relegated 27th
South Korea 2003 Seoul 1st in Division II, Group A, Promoted 29th
Poland 2004 Gdańsk 6th in the Division I, Group B, Relegated 27th
Croatia 2005 Zagreb 3rd in the Division II, Group A 33rd
New Zealand 2006 Auckland 2nd in the Division II, Group B 31st
South Korea 2007 Seoul 1st in the Division II, Group B, Promoted 30th
Austria 2008 Innsbruck 6th in the Division I, Group A, Relegated 28th
Bulgaria 2009 Sofia 1st in the Division II, Group B, Promoted 29th
Slovenia 2010 Ljubljana 5th in the Division I, Group B 25th
Hungary 2011 Budapest 3rd in the Division I, Group A 22nd
Poland 2012 Krynica 1st in the Division I, Group B, Promoted 23rd
Hungary 2013 Budapest 5th in the Division I, Group A 21st
South Korea 2014 Goyang 6th in the Division I, Group A, Relegated 22nd
Netherlands 2015 Eindhoven 1st in the Division I, Group B, Promoted 23rd
Poland 2016 Katowice 5th in the Division I, Group A 21st
Ukraine 2017 Kyiv 2nd in the Division I, Group A, Promoted 18th
Denmark 2018 Copenhagen and Herning 8th in the Group B, Relegated 16th
Kazakhstan 2019 Astana 3rd in Division I, Group A 19th
Slovenia 2020 Ljubljana Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[5]
Slovenia 2021 Ljubljana Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[6]
Slovenia 2022 Ljubljana 4th in Division I, Group A 20th
United Kingdom 2023 Nottingham 4th in Division I, Group A 20th
Italy 2024 Bolzano Division I, Group A

Asian Winter Games

All-time record against other nations

Last match update: 24 April 2023[7]

TeamGPWTLGFGA
 Austria71061637
 Australia149328455
 Belarus31021019
 Belgium74032724
 Bulgaria94054853
 Canada3003218
 China21521459120
 Chinese Taipei2200462
 Croatia92162829
 Czech Republic100112
 Denmark101091686
 Estonia3102724
 Finland3003417
 France4004949
 Germany2002410
 Great Britain83052342
 Hong Kong3300791
 Hungary21511557122
 Iceland2200242
 Israel43102311
 Italy91081246
 Japan31712357188
 Kazakhstan25601949136
 Latvia3003238
 Lithuania72142224
 Malaysia1100141
 Mexico4400486
 Mongolia2200372
 Netherlands93063949
 New Zealand6600995
 North Korea125164064
 Norway6006631
 Poland124082944
 Romania105053451
 Russia100118
 Yugoslavia/
 Serbia and Montenegro		82061467
 Slovakia100112
 Slovenia101091653
 South Africa5500468
 Spain147345452
 Sweden100115
  Switzerland100108
 Turkey1100140
 Ukraine52031130
 United States1001113
Total3211041420312141654

All-time record against other clubs

Last match update: 11 August 2017[8]

TeamGPWTLGFGA
 Russia Olympic Team200279
Russia Admiral Vladivostok200258
Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha110021
Czech Republic Mountfield HK100134
Czech Republic HC Dynamo Pardubice100114
Czech Republic HC Škoda Plzeň100112
Czech Republic Motor České Budějovice100119
Total112092543

See also

References

  1. ↑ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  2. ↑ Podnieks, Andrew (4 February 2020). "Legends join IIHF Hall of Fame". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  3. ↑ Crouse, Karen; Berkman, Seth (23 February 2017). "South Korea, Next Olympics Host, Went Shopping in North America to Build Its Hockey Teams". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  4. ↑ Lerner, Matt (4 May 2017). "South Korea and China Chasing Hockey Dreams". The Diplomat. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "IIHF cancels Division I tournaments". iihf.com. 17 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Ice Hockey in South Korea". National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "South-Korea-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to South Korea men's national ice hockey team.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.